The phrase "as a sneeze" is grammatically correct but may not be commonly used in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you want to compare something to the suddenness or unexpectedness of a sneeze.
Example: "The news hit me as a sneeze, catching me completely off guard."
Alternatives: "like a sneeze" or "similar to a sneeze."
Others appear as accidental and as sudden as a sneeze.
Though Bergman characterized the incident as "a sneeze in eternity," it ended his long friendship with Löfgren.
I don't just choke up; I full-on cry – a sob as direct and contained as a sneeze.
Together they swept around the bend and for a moment as brief as a sneeze, it looked as though the pair had the race between them.
It's hard to feel deeply for characters who don't feel deeply, and the Drummonds experience strong emotions as profoundly as a sneeze.
Feedback ANC algorithms which do not require a measure of reference signals, use error signals alone to update the filter and are usually sensitive to measurement noise and unexpected transient noise such as a sneeze, clapping of hands and so on.
A melody sneaked its way into my head last week, as involuntarily as a dream or a sneeze, and wouldn't budge.
In normal conversation Thom ignores her tics – treating them as you would a sneeze or a yawn, and continuing with her point once the ticcing has stopped – but in Edinburgh she will be giving them freer rein.
Exposure to bright light such as sunlight elicits a sneeze or prickling sensation in about one of every four individuals.
Wiggle your ear lobe gently as you feel a sneeze coming on.
"In addition, just as you can suppress a sneeze or a cough by a slow breath or swallowing," he said, "a performer can use techniques such as careful breathing and swallowing to limit those reactions during breaks in the performance as well".
